On August 1, 1914, Germany's ultimatum to Russia expired at noon with Russia having not responded to it. That morning, Germany had alread drafted its declaration of war. French mobilization is ordered at 3:40 p.m. German general mobilization is ordered at 5:00 p.m.; Germany declares war on Russia at 7:10 p.m. claiming that Russians had crossed frontier in the afternoon and begun war. In fact, the Russians had not done so though they had begun mobilization.